Al-Kafrun
Al-Kafrun is a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Safita District of the Tartous Governorate. It is situated in the an-Nusayriyah Mountains at 550 metres above sea level.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village
- Description: human settlement
- Also known as: “Kafroûn Bachoûr”, “Kafroun, Kafroun Bachour, Kafroûn Bachoûr, Kafrun, Kafrūn, Kafrūn Bashūr”, “Kafrūn”, “Kafrun Bashur”, and “Kafrūn Bashūr”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include An-Nasra and Marmarita.
An-Nasra
Village
Al-Nasirah is a small Christian town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located west of Homs. Nearby localities include Habnamrah to the northwest, Marmarita and Ayn al-Bardah to the west, Zweitina to the southwest, al-Husn to the south, al-Huwash and al-Mazinah to the southeast, Shin to the east, Muqlus to the northeast, Hadeih and Mashta al-Helu to the north. An-Nasra is situated 8 km south of Al-Kafrun.
Marmarita
Village
Photo: Famaty, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Marmarita is a village in northwestern Syria, located west of Homs. Marmarita is one of the largest villages in Wadi al-Nasara, a region north of Talkalakh. Marmarita is situated 8 km south of Al-Kafrun.
Hosn Suleiman
Village
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Hosn Suleiman, a Syrian village, is found on the slope of the Al-Nabi Saleh mountain at an altitude 950 m, at a distance of 20 km from Duraykish and 56 km from Tartous. Hosn Suleiman is situated 8 km north of Al-Kafrun.
Al-Kafrun
- Categories: populated place in Syria and locality
- Location: Tartus Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
34.856° or 34° 51′ 22″ northLongitude
36.25144° or 36° 15′ 5″ eastElevation
441 metres (1,447 feet)Open location code
8G6RV742+9HOpenStreetMap ID
node 572549814OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Al-Kafrun” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كفرون بشور الكفرون”
- Arabic: “كفرون بشور”
- Arabic: “كفرون”
- Dutch: “Kafroun”
- French: “Kafroun”
- French: “Kafrun Bashur”
- German: “Kafrun Bashur”
- Hebrew: “כפרון”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kafroun”
- Persian: “کفرون”
- Polish: “Al-Kafrun”
- Portuguese: “Kafroun”
- Vietnamese: “Al-Kafrun”
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